Families and Individuals

Use these tools and resources to get ready for any emergency so that you and your family can stay safe. The information below can help you make an emergency plan for your family. It can also help you put together a first aid kit and make an emergency supply kit with food, water, and other important items.

Also, you can click on the link to the National Next of Kin Registry, a free service to the public to securely store emergency contact, next of kin, and vital medical information that emergency response agencies would need if you or a family member were missing or injured.

This is a handy checklist that tells you what things you should put in your emergency kits. This includes your first aid kit, home kit, pet kit, and auto kit. You can keep this checklist on your refrigerator door for easy access.

This web site features online emergency planning tools for families. This web site also has emergency planning information for military families, older Americans, people with disabilities, and pet owners.

This web site offers a free service to the public to securely store emergency contact, next of kin, and vital medical information that emergency response agencies would need if you or a family member were missing or injured.